Checking in on Grand Isle

Need to Know follows up on a previous report and travels to Grand Isle, Louisiana, to see how residents there are coping with the Gulf oil spill, more than 100 days after it began.

July 30th, 2010

Need to Know follows up on a previous report and travels to Grand Isle, La., to see how residents there are coping with the Gulf oil spill, more than 100 days after it began.Need to Know follows up on a previous report and travels to Grand Isle, Louisiana, to see how residents there are coping with the Gulf oil spill, more than 100 days after it began.

WikiLeakgate

Jon Meacham speaks with military analyst and Need to Know contributor Joshua Foust about the eternal tension between transparency and security

July 30th, 2010

Jon Meacham speaks with blogger and military analyst Joshua Foust about the eternal tension between transparency and securityJon Meacham speaks with military analyst and Need to Know contributor Joshua Foust about the eternal tension between transparency and security

Living large

Need to Know visited one of the leaders of the "tiny house" movement, Dee Williams, who lives in a simple but stylish 84 square-foot home in Olympia, Washington.

July 29th, 2010

Need to Know visited one of the proponents of the "tiny house" movement, Dee Williams, who lives in a simple but stylish 84-square-foot home in Olympia, Wash.Need to Know visited one of the leaders of the "tiny house" movement, Dee Williams, who lives in a simple but stylish 84 square-foot home in Olympia, Washington.

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This week: putting the Shirley Sherrod saga in context. A report on the most dangerous highway in Georgia. And a rare dispute between conservationists and renewable energy advocates in Wyoming.

July 23rd, 2010

This week: putting the Shirley Sherrod saga in context. A report on the most dangerous highway in Georgia. And a rare dispute between conservationists and renewable energy advocates in Wyoming.This week: putting the Shirley Sherrod saga in context. A report on the most dangerous highway in Georgia. And a rare dispute between conservationists and renewable energy advocates in Wyoming.

Reassessing war in Afghanistan

Jon Meacham calls upon Senator John Kerry to revisit a role he played 40 years ago, when Kerry took to the Senate floor to question the morality of the Vietnam War. Meacham revisits Kerry's arguments and asks him to assess the war in Afghanistan.

July 23rd, 2010

Jon Meacham calls upon Sen. John Kerry to revisit a role he played 40 years ago, when he took to the Senate floor to question the morality of the Vietnam War. Jon Meacham calls upon Senator John Kerry to revisit a role he played 40 years ago, when Kerry took to the Senate floor to question the morality of the Vietnam War. Meacham revisits Kerry's arguments and asks him to assess the war in Afghanistan.

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What would the former Alaska governor do as president? Need to Knows resident satirist, Andy Borowitz, gazes into the future, all the way to the year 2012, to find out.

July 23rd, 2010

What would the former Alaska governor do as president? Need to Know's resident satirist, Andy Borowitz, gazes into the future, all the way to the year 2012, to find out.What would the former Alaska governor do as president? Need to Knows resident satirist, Andy Borowitz, gazes into the future, all the way to the year 2012, to find out.

Dangerous crossing

Need to Know teamed up with Blueprint America to check in with residents of Buford, Atlanta, where a highway dividing the town makes pedestrian safety a major concern.

July 23rd, 2010

In a suburb of Atlanta, a highway dividing the town makes pedestrian safety a major concern. Need to Know teamed up with Blueprint America for a closer look.Need to Know teamed up with Blueprint America to check in with residents of Buford, Atlanta, where a highway dividing the town makes pedestrian safety a major concern.

'The War Lovers'

Alison Stewart speaks with Newsweek editor-at-large Evan Thomas about his book, "The War Lovers," which draws parallels between the Spanish-American War and the war in Iraq.

July 23rd, 2010

Alison Stewart speaks with Newsweek editor-at-large Evan Thomas about his book, "The War Lovers," which draws parallels between the Spanish-American War and the war in Iraq.Alison Stewart speaks with Newsweek editor-at-large Evan Thomas about his book, "The War Lovers," which draws parallels between the Spanish-American War and the war in Iraq.

Grousing at windmills

A rare dispute between environmentalists and renewable energy advocates has broken out in Wyoming, where wind energy development threatens the fragile habitat of the sage grouse.

July 23rd, 2010

A rare dispute between conservationists and renewable energy advocates has broken out in Wyoming, where wind energy development threatens the fragile habitat of the sage grouse.A rare dispute between environmentalists and renewable energy advocates has broken out in Wyoming, where wind energy development threatens the fragile habitat of the sage grouse.

The Shirley Sherrod saga

Need to Know talks to Terence Samuel, deputy editor of The Root, an online magazine, to discuss the controversial resignation of USDA employee Shirley Sherrod, and how the media handles issues of race.

July 23rd, 2010

Jon Meacham talks with Terence Samuel, deputy editor of The Root about the controversial resignation of USDA employee Shirley Sherrod, and how the media handles race.Need to Know talks to Terence Samuel, deputy editor of The Root, an online magazine, to discuss the controversial resignation of USDA employee Shirley Sherrod, and how the media handles issues of race.

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This week on Need to Know: Where art thou, Obama? A look at how Avandia and other possibly dangerous drugs make it to market. And a photojournalist travels to Bangladesh to document one of the world's most dramatic health crises: childhood malnutrition.

July 16th, 2010

This week on Need to Know: Where art thou, Obama? A look at how Avandia made it to market. And a photojournalist documents childhood malnutrition in the developing world.This week on Need to Know: Where art thou, Obama? A look at how Avandia and other possibly dangerous drugs make it to market. And a photojournalist travels to Bangladesh to document one of the world's most dramatic health crises: childhood malnutrition.

Is U.S. food aid working?

Jon Meacham speaks with the Reverend David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, about how our domestic farm policy may be harming malnourished children in the developing world.

July 16th, 2010

U.S. food aid policy can sometimes seem at odds with its stated purpose of alleviating hunger. Jon Meacham talks to Bread for the World president David Beckmann.Jon Meacham speaks with the Reverend David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, about how our domestic farm policy may be harming malnourished children in the developing world.

Need to Know is a production of Creative News Group (CNG) in association with WNET. Marc Rosenwasser is Executive Producer. Need to Know is made possible by Bernard and Irene Schwartz, Mutual of America, Citi Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.